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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6792211 | Compact optical wavelength add/drop multiplexer Method and system for selectively adding and dropping selected wavelength components λ=λk1 and λ=λk2 (1≦k1≦k2≦K) in a light signal having a sequence of wavelengths λk (k=1, 2, . . . , K), using a dual fiber collimator at each e... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6786847 | Automated complete exercise system Exercise/therapy apparatus that allows a user to change one or more workout parameters without dismounting from the apparatus and without interrupting the workout. Several embodiments for inclined surface apparatus are disclosed, using vertical, tiltable and curvili... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785041 | Cascaded noncritical optical parametric oscillator Method and system for providing laser light that is tunable over a relatively wide mid-infrared wavelength range, such as 2-17 μm. A first noncritically phase matched nonlinear crystal receives a laser light beam and converts the light to a first cavity beam having... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782014 | Laser wavelength tripler with high quantum efficiency Method and system for converting a first light beam having a first frequency into a second light beam having a second frequency. A pump photon having (angular) frequency 3ω (or 4ω) is provided within an optical cavity, defined by two mirrors that are fully reflect... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6721728 | System, method and apparatus for discovering phrases in a database A phrase discovery is a method of identifying sequences of terms in a database. First, a selection of one or more relevant sequences of terms, such as relevant text, is provided. Next, several shorter sequences of terms, such as phrases, are extracted from the provi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6429692 | High speed data sampling with reduced metastability A data sampling system, including a data tracking circuit and a data latching circuit, that reduces the likelihood of metastability that arises through competition of the two circuits, where data sampling occurs in a transition time interval. A combined l... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6426982 | Low complexity multiple bits matched filter Method and system for efficiently and quickly forming a sequence of convolution values from an over-sampled digital signal sequence. Convolution value differences are computable from a set of digital signal values that is smaller than the original set of ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408417 | Method and apparatus for correcting soft errors in digital data On data writes to a cache memory in a digital data processing system, the existing data currently stored on the desired cache storage line is read out and parity checked. The read-out data is modified with new data only if there is no parity error. If a p... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6405343 | ECC Q-parity checkbyte indexing System and method for improved formation of a Q-parity checkbyte matrix used for error control for a sequence of message bytes and error control bytes, using an algorithm, rather than a lookup table, to determine the order of the words used for the sequen... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403999 | Detection of polarized spin transport in semiconductors Method and system for estimating a concentration of free electrons with a selected spin polarization in a semiconductor material. A static magnetic field and an electromagnetic field are impressed on the semiconductor, and free electrons are injected (thr... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404521 | Filters to adjust DWDM transmissivity System and method for wavelength discrimination using a DWDM (N+1)-stage fiber optic cascade tree structure with additional filtering to provide acceptable flat-top passband response, and to provide acceptable optical isolation when combined with a multil... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6385532 | Accurate vehicle navigation Method and system for accurate vehicle navigation and tracking within a selected lane on a roadway or a waterway. A location determination (LD) receiver, carried on the vehicle, receives LD signals from satellite-based LD signal sources, receives LD signa... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377350 | Frequency sequencing using CRDS Method and system for generating a sequence of two or more light beam central frequencies. A first mirror, in an optical cavity defined by two or more mirrors, is moved to a sequence of two or more locations relative to a second mirror in the cavity. The ... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6353796 | Vehicle tracker, mileage-time monitor and calibrator A system for monitoring location and speed of a vehicle, using a location determination system such as GPS, GLONASS or LORAN and an optional odometer or speedometer, for determining and recording the locations and times at which vehicle speed is less than... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6348814 | Constant edge output buffer circuit and method A buffer circuit and method provide substantially constant output signal edges to facilitate service as a bus driver with enhanced timing flexibility. The buffer circuit includes a NOR gate and a NAND gate for driving output pulldown and pullup transistor... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6339295 | Light source lighting device and method To provide a lighting device which is enabled to light a lamp of an incandescent bulb or the like in high luminance by a battery to be amounted on a vehicle. A lighting source lighting device 10 includes: an inverter 11 for converting a direct current fro... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6324287 | Pad encryption method and software A pad encryption software architecture includes space on a floppy for storing the pad to be used with the encryption software. The pad is XOR generated with random numbers subject to redetermined offsets. If the pad is smaller than the text to be encrypte... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6230097 | Accurate vehicle navigation Method and system for accurate vehicle navigation and tracking within a selected lane on a roadway or a waterway. A location determination (LD) receiver, carried on the vehicle, receives LD signals from satellite-based LD signal sources, receives LD signa... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225890 | Vehicle use control A system for restricting use of a vehicle by a selected vehicle operator to permitted time intervals and permitted vehicle travel corridors. If a driver is seated behind the driver's wheel, the system requires that the driver provide one or more samples o... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6163754 | Compensation for line bias variation Method and apparatus for estimating a line bias for a signal received from a common signal source at each of two or more GPS signal receivers. Single difference solutions are obtained for angular orientation of an antenna array and for antenna location, u... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6128337 | Multipath signal discrimination Methods for identification of, and compensation for, the effects of presence of a multipath signal in a received composite digital signal that includes a direct, distortion-free signal. A direct signal is additively or multiplicatively combined with a dis... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6119366 | Chemical drying and cleaning method Method and apparatus for drying and/or cleaning a workpiece, such as an electronic part, semiconductor wafer, printed circuit board or the like. As the workpiece is withdrawn from a processing liquid, a selected drying liquid, such as hydrofluoroether (HF... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6108878 | Wire connection system A wire connection system that includes an arcuate wire and a pair of tube ends; or two or more wires, at least one wire being arcuate, and two or more pairs of tube ends. Each wire has a first wire end that fits into a first tube end and has a second wire... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6098199 | Non-slip handle interface Apparatus for providing an enhanced grip between a gloved hand and a handle or other object to be gripped. A portion or all of the glove and a portion or all of the handle are provided with selected first and second gripping surfaces, respectively, of the... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092193 | Authentication of accumulated instrument data Methods and apparati for representing and storing a sequence of digital data values so that, once stored in memory, a data value cannot be modified, or cannot be modified without detection. Detection of subsequent data alteration may use error checksums, ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6092022 | Optimal survey map projection system Methods for providing a representation of location coordinates for a collection of survey points with enhanced accuracy. An obliquely oriented cylindrical surface, rather than a tangent plane, is determined and used as the projection surface at or near a ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088650 | Vehicle tracker, mileage-time monitor and calibrator A system for monitoring location and speed of a vehicle, using a location determination system such as GPS, GLONASS or LORAN and an optional odometer or speedometer, for determining and recording the locations and times at which vehicle speed is less than... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6084927 | Suppression of multipath signal effects Method and apparatus for formation of an autocorrelation difference function of an incoming digital signal, with bit transition interval length Ɗ͌chip, that reduces the effects of presence of a multipath signal in an incoming composite signal... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6072428 | Location determination using doppler and pseudorange measurements from fewer than four satellites A method for estimating two or three location coordinates and/or receiver time offset for a receiver that receives and analyzes timed signals transmitted from one, two or three non-geosynchronous satellites (GPS, GLONASS, modified LEO, etc.). Combinations... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6067031 | Dynamic monitoring of vehicle separation A system for monitoring operation and location of a moving first vehicle relative to a second vehicle. A minimum separation distance between the first and second vehicles is estimated, based on the first vehicle velocity, and optionally on the second vehi... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6061631 | Hybrid approach for antenna baseline self-survey and line bias calibration using GPS carrier phase Methods for estimation of the relative locations (baseline vectors) of two or more GPS signal antennas relative to each other and for estimation of line biases associated with each signal processing channel associated with each GPS signal antenna. Double ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6055477 | Use of an altitude sensor to augment availability of GPS location fixes Methods for GPS-assisted determination of location coordinates of a mobile user or selected position on or adjacent to the Earth's surface with improved accuracy. Elevation readings from an altimeter or barometer are integrated with readings of the GPS-de... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6036785 | Method for removing chemical residues from a surface Method [and apparatus ] for quickly and controllably removing chemical residues and particle accumulations from an exposed surface of an object. A slurry, containing a slurry liquid and containing small scrubber particles that optionally have a range of a... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5987136 | Image authentication patterning Apparatus for producing a self-authenticating visual image of a selected view, using a digital image forming means, such as a digital camera, together with a position determining system that provides position information, including location and/or angular... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5983159 | Location determination using signals from fewer than four satellites Method and apparatus for determining the location of a point on a rotating body, using location determination (LD) signals received from as few as one satellite, preferably non-geosynchronous. Where signals from two or more satellites are received, one ma... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5978744 | Interpolation of survey coordinate differences A system for improving the accuracy of location coordinate determined in a survey of a chosen region, using a computer. A grid of spaced apart points is imposed on the region, and a set of survey control points is provided. A "near set" of nearest survey ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5974689 | Chemical drying and cleaning system Method and apparatus for drying and/or cleaning a workpiece, such as an electronic part, semiconductor wafer, printed circuit board or the like. As the workpiece is withdrawn from a processing liquid, a selected drying liquid, such as hydrofluoroether (HF... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5968285 | Methods for drying and cleaning of objects using aerosols and inert gases Methods for cleaning and/or drying objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced into the chamb... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964958 | Methods for drying and cleaning objects using aerosols Methods for drying and cleaning objects that may have been wetted or contaminated in a manufacturing process. The objects are submerged in a rinse liquid in an enclosed chamber, and aerosol particles from a selected liquid are introduced into the chamber ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5936572 | Portable hybrid location determination system Apparatus and method for determining the present location of a mobile user that carries the apparatus inside or outside buildings and structures within a region R. The apparatus includes a radio location determination (LD) signal module that receives radi... | 08/10/1999 |
